Avoid

[ə'vɒɪd] or [ə'vɔɪd]

解釋/意思:

(verb.) stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something; 'Her former friends now avoid her'.

(verb.) refrain from doing something; 'She refrains from calling her therapist too often'; 'He should avoid publishing his wife's memories'.

編輯:特伦斯--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(a.) To empty.

(a.) To emit or throw out; to void; as, to avoid excretions.

(a.) To quit or evacuate; to withdraw from.

(a.) To make void; to annul or vacate; to refute.

(a.) To keep away from; to keep clear of; to endeavor no to meet; to shun; to abstain from; as, to avoid the company of gamesters.

(a.) To get rid of.

(a.) To defeat or evade; to invalidate. Thus, in a replication, the plaintiff may deny the defendant's plea, or confess it, and avoid it by stating new matter.

(v. i.) To retire; to withdraw.

(v. i.) To become void or vacant.

錄入:卢卡斯

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. [1]. Shun (in a negative sense, or denoting care only without positive exertion), eschew, escape, blink, elude, keep away from, keep aloof from, keep out of the way of, withdraw from, keep clear of, be shy of, fight shy of, have nothing to do with.[2]. Forbear, help, refrain from.

艾弗里校對

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Quit, shun, abandon, desert, forsake, relinquish, fly, eschew, elude, dodge,escape, shirk

ANT:Seek, court, approach, accost, address, affect

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解釋/意思:

v.t. to try to escape from: to shun: (law) to invalidate: (Shak.) to leave to quit.—adj. Avoid′able.—n. Avoid′ance the act of avoiding or shunning: act of annulling.

校對:史蒂文